On May 11, 2025, several mainstream news outlets reported that the nation of Qatar had offered U.S. President Donald Trump a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be remodeled into a new Air Force One.

In the sleekly aerondynamic world of aviation, it looks a bit odd, but the Boeing 747 has a hump atop it. The reason goes back to the 1960s.

All passengers and crew members aboard the KLM plane lost their lives, while at least 330 people on the Pan Am plane died. More than 60, including the pilot, survived the impact and fireball, with many of them escaping from a hole near the plane’s left wing. 583 deaths were recorded that terrible day.

Boeing secured major orders in the Middle East during a visit to the region by President Trump, and China lifted a ban on its airlines taking deliveries of Boeing planes.

Trump is expected to receive the opulent Boeing 747-8, referred to as the 'flying palace,' from the Qatari royal family, potentially marking the most expensive gift ever presented to the US by a foreign nation.

The Qatar-Boeing deal is the latest in a series of high-profile aviation agreements signed during Trump’s four-day Middle East visit. Just a day earlier, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund inked a $4.8 billion agreement with Boeing, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a $10 billion order from a British airline.

The Trump administration is preparing to receive a Boeing 747-8 from the Qatari royal family, according to reports in American media on Sunday. This may be “the most valuable gift ever extended ...